Blind Item #4

This former A+++ list television actress and one of the most well known names to ever be an actress and who will always be well loved tried to walk into a restaurant the other night and be seated. The place was packed and she had no reservation. She was with one other person. Our actress talked to three different people at the place and no one had ever heard of her. When it became clear that star power was not going to get her a table, our actress, graceful as ever thanked them and walked out. One patron who saw it happen said it almost made him cry to watch it. It was the most awkward scene he had ever witnessed.

Why is this awkward and sad? Person goes to crowded restaurant and has to leave because there's no room for her party. Is there a shortage of restaurants? The underlying presumption here seems to be that we, the ungrateful TV viewing public, are obligated to recognize and make way for our betters, TV actors. Sorry but … no. And this is in no way a slap at the TV actress who is obviously a class act. But what did she do, really, that anyone else with manners would not have done?

Armatel – the point is that most every famous person would throw a fit because of their narcissism but obviously this person still knows she's just a human being. Like all of us. And it's kind of sad that MTM is no longer a household name, she's a classic.

Of course I grew up watching the Dick Van Dyke show and the MTM show = and I thought 30 was SO OLD, now look at me!

I interpreted the fact that the patron almost cried was because it was so sad that these 3 people didn't seem to even know who MTM was, i.e., its a sad time when beloved icons names don't even ring a bell. Not that it was sad she didn't get seated when there was no availability/reservation.

It's possible for a celeb to be in an eatery and not recognized by the other patrons.

I once served Robert De Niro. After he left, I turned to my co-workers and said, "Whoa! Can you believe it?!" None of them recognized him. There was only one customer who did. He is probably the most famous of people who crossed my path but there were other actors/celebs that managed to escape detection too, although LA is very scene-y and sycophant-y.

But the name mentions, well, time waits for no one. Fame is rarely a forever thing. If it is MTM (who I adore) then at least she exited graciously.

I think either Mary Tyler Moore or Carol Burnett. Both loved and adored and had their names on their shows.

She acted calmly and with grace left the restaurant. Not many of the new stars would have done the same.

Many of us on this site know lots of the older stars of TV and movies as well as who is currently a big thing. From talking to my younger friends if it didn't happen in the last three months it isn't worth knowing. Yesterday seems to be a foreign concept to many, they are living in the now and tomorrow.

@Tigercat – I get that. Sometimes celebs just look way different in person. They're smaller/skinnier/less makeup/etc. My fav person ever to see was Christopher Walken. I was staying @ Chateau Marmont, and my mom and I were having breakfast in the garden. Out comes Walken to sit on a bench across the way and read the paper; hair crazy and sweatpants pulled up to his pecs.

Glad she was gracious, but a patron almost crying over her not being seated or recognized? Maybe my emotional dial is set wrong but I almost (and do) cry at injustices against people and animals. I wouldn't worry too much about a celeb missing a meal.

Also, if said patron cared THAT MUCH, why didn't he speak up for her or invite her to sit with him or her?

I hope I don't sound like an asshole but the whole 'star power' thing to get special treatment is so ridiculous anyway. If I wait 30 mins for a table and someone comes in with their entourage and suddenly I get bumped back, I don't care who they are. We are all humans with a need to eat. Sorry for whoever this is because it must hurt the ego

The clue "one of the most well known names" stands out to me and doesn't quite fit the guesses so far. To me, that's as if her name preceded her, like from a famous family. Maybe Marlo Thomas, but she is still on TV with St. Jude commercials and I dunno if she was really A+++ with That Girl…?

Agreed! Don't we usually bitch when someone uses the "Don't you know who I am?" method? But for reason here we're suppose to feel bad for this person. They went into a crowded restaraunt sanz reservation and couldn't get seated. Welcome to life

What about Jessica Lange? Is on American Horror Story and a legend because she has multiple Oscars and was the girl in King Kong (haha)! From what I've heard she is pretty shy, humble and sweet irl, which fits the 'Gracious' thing. She is a TV actress now, but before she was mostly movie. Not sure if it will fit, but it's a try.

Or an actress who played Grace Kelly in a movie/show- for some reason that was the first thing I thought of when reading 'gracious'.*back to google*

It doesn't seem rude that she tried. Even though it was packed, there might have been room for two people, or they might have been able to fit them in somehow without bumping someone else. Rude would have been pitching a fit and demanding a seat regardless.

I get quite a few famous people where I work in London, KiKi Drunkst (most recent), J Depp,Gyllenhaal, Orlando Bloom, Brian May, David Attenborough. I'm the only person who ever recognises them. My colleagues are like "oh yeahhh" after i point them out.And I'm pretty sure Damian Lewis stalks me. He came to Gap a few times…then baby gap and now to my new work which is totally different from the Gap!

Applause! Applause!And if this is MTM, good! As a proud Gen X'er who was a captive audience for both the Dick Van Dyke show and Mary's show growing up I never thought she was funny. All she ever did on both shows was whine. I can totally see why Gen Y wouldnt recognize her.

Maybe the patron was sad because there are hardly any talented and polite TV stars in this generation.Someone with talent and class from TV is not noticed,but if one of The Fake HouseWhores of Beverly Hills or a KarTRASHian or a Teen Monster came in everyone would know them. I think it might be Carol Burnett.

Damien (& Helen) are lovely. Always so polite. This spans over like 7/8 years so he did a lot of period dramas so I knew who he was because I used to watch them with my mum. Last I saw him was just after Homeland season 1 aired.I work at the British Library so J.Depp came in to use the reading rooms and look at maps for POC. Bloom had a meeting. Kiki came in to see the On The Road manuscript (very puffy face).

I know who MTM is mainly because I grew up watching her show, but what some of you don't understand is how we shouldn't blame this generation for not knowing her, or anyone "Famous" doing our time. How can we blame them? I don't know a lot of stars/shows today, does that make me a bad person? I grew up in the late eighties, early nineties (Incase you ask, I watched her shows on tape), and I don't know many shows during my parents' time, and my parents don't know a lot of what went on during my grandparents'. Every "Celebrity" or trend/song of the moment come and go, we either dwell on it and get angry with every new generation that fails at knowing every single detail about our generation or we can live with it. We all have preferences, we all go through different eras, let them be. Sorry, had to rant. Anyway, I think whoever the actress was, she sounds lovely

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